Monthly Archives: June 2012
Are Gurus Good?!?
I was watching ‘Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition’ last night and had some thoughts… This extremely fat woman (355 lbs) wrote this fitness guru asking for his help in losing weight. So he shows up and takes her on. She … Continue reading
23: Starting and Stopping the Journey
“And many go back; then they never turn within again. As I see it, every one of you have tried in some life or other some meditative technique. You have been near to the nothingness, and then fear gripped you … Continue reading
22: Why are we Afraid of Freedom
“Deep down somewhere there is fear. The fear is that if you do it, it may be that something stops happening – that is the fear. It may look paradoxical, but I have been meeting so many – so many … Continue reading
21 – Don’t Trust Your Mind
“Even those who talk so much of skepticism, of doubt, of reason, even they never doubt their own minds. And your mind has brought you to the state you are in. If you are in a hell, your mind has … Continue reading
What is Mind? What is Meditation?
An exercise: where will your next thought will come from? If I ask myself this question, and give myself a moment, there arises a space in which there is no thought. A pause, if you will. A waiting. A silence. … Continue reading
